I'm starting to understand why the U.S. is tring to con other nations 
into ACTA:

First Step: Implement a patent system which allows the patenting of 
obvious and trivial 'inventions', including software patents, business 
processes etc.

Second Step: Prod your citizens and corporations to patent virtually 
everything, even the most straightforward and trivial algorithms, 
patent things which were invented previously and allow the eternal 
extension of the patent's duration by so-called Patent Extensions where 
trivial improvements are made to a patent, but will make it impossible 
for anyone to take use the invention in the expired patent because 
there's hardly any difference between it and the Extended Patent.

Third Step: Force other nations through secret negotiations to accept 
you 'Everything's Patentable' patent system (i.e. ACTA).

Fourth Step: Since U.S. companies and individuals have patented 
everything under the Sun, start litigation in countries which were 
stupid enough to adopt the U.S's patent system and start raking in 
money without ever having to lift a finger. Start threatening with 
trade sanctions against countries that did not adapt the Trivial 
Patenting scheme, accusing them of 'Intellecual Property Infringement.'

It all makes sense now! The U.S. is a nation of con-artists!!!